An Overview of the Sixth Edition By Coleen
An Overview of the Sixth Edition By Coleen Barger and Brooke Bowman
Overall Organization p p p p Part Part 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, Introductory Material Citation Basics Citing Specific Sources Online Sources Incorporating Citations into Documents Quotations Appendices
Fewer Rules & Appendices Number of rules reduced from 49 to 40 p Primary authorities treated consistently p Secondary source groupings p Seven appendices p
Appendices p p p p Appendix 1: Primary Sources by Jurisdiction Appendix 2: Local Court Citation Rules Appendix 3: General Abbreviations Appendix 4: Court Abbreviations Appendix 5: Periodicals and Looseleaf Services Abbreviations Appendix 6: Federal Taxation Materials Appendix 7: Federal Administrative Agencies and Publications
A Single Set of Rules p Maintains focus on formatting for practice-based documents p But where scholarly writing requires different formatting or other constraints, incorporates relevant subsections and examples into same source rule
Academic Footnote Formats p Rules specially marked to prevent user confusion with practice-based formats p Rules included within specific source rules Fast Formats examples p
No More Flipping Instead of this. . .
This. . .
Special Tools for the User p Expanded use of spacing triangles � p Official source stars (Appendix 1) p Non-consecutively paginated periodical stars (Appendix 5)
Templates & Illustrations p Full citation format template and illustration n n Identifies components Sets out representative citation, with component labels, spacing triangles
Fast Formats p Quick reference guides for specific sources p Expanded to include examples of academic footnote formats, short -form citations p List on inside cover
Sidebars and Charts p Sidebars furnish helpful contextual or background information relevant for specific sources p Charts collect frequently used terms, abbreviations, and similar materials with specific source rules
Examples p Updated p Expanded p Revised
Appendix 1: Jurisdictional tables of primary authorities
Appendix 2: Local rules
Teacher’s Manual Full description of changes in sixth edition p Teaching notes for various sources p Power. Point slide presentations p Appendices with correlation tables p n n n ALWD 5 th edition ALWD 6 th edition ALWD Bluebook ALWD Guide to Legal Citation
Includes Online Exercises p The ALWD Online Companion n n Brooke Bowman Jessica Clark Cassandra Hill Erin Karsman Samantha Moppett
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